The Bottom Line

It’s not easy being the new leader of the Opposition after being turfed out of Government – just ask William Hague, Ian Duncan Smith and Michael Howard. Here, after briefly pushing his poll ratings into double figures, Liberal leader Brendan Nelson, this week slumped back into single figures.

What’s worse is that the only politician with a lower rating is the leader of the Liberal state opposition in Western Australia, Troy Buswell, who recently survived a leadership challenge after admitting sniffing a chair-seat recently vacated by a female staffer. But I’m sure that’s small consolation to Mr Nelson.